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Genus: Spilanthes

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae

The six species have a pantropical distribution, with one native species and another naturalised species southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Spilanthes mauritiana

isisilili, isisinini [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 218. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).